Houston Rockets
Season Preview & Projections

Predictions

• The Rockets will be the most interesting team in the league this year
• Russell Westbrook and James Harden will fit together well during the regular season and the Rockets will end up with the 1 seed in the West
• Daryl Morey will finish the year still at the helm, with the Rockets' great record helping to lessen some of the current tension around the situation in China
• Westbrook will adopt a role as a lethal cutter and transition specialist, leaving the heavy lifting in the half court for Harden
• Westbrook will average just short of a triple-double with 20 PPG / 10 RPG / 8 APG
• Harden will win the MVP with a 31 PPG / 5 RPG / 6 APG line
• The Westbrook - Harden duo will not work well in the postseason. Teams will aggressively ignore Westbrook off the ball and make life hard for Harden
• The Rockets will not make the Finals, and Mike D'Antoni will be let go